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Due to the silt at Assi Ghat of Varanasi, even the Vedika for Chhath Puja has not been built.
Preparations are going on for Chhath Puja in Varanasi. From Vishwasundari bridge to Bhainsasur Ghat in the Ganges, Varuna river, Surajkund and DLW lake, a total of 10 lakh people offer Arghya to Suraj. The responsibility of giving it a grand look lies with the district administration and Bhojpuri society every year. This time the people of Bhojpuri society have pulled back from Chhath Puja. The people of the society said that the tradition which has been going on for 25 years is breaking this time.
Lashing the blame on the police and the district administration, he said that neither many meetings were held with us this time nor they have issued any guidelines. Every time the plan for Chhath Puja was prepared a month in advance. This time the file of Chhath Puja is stuck with the government. This time the grandeur of Chhath Puja will not be seen in Kashi as before.
People performing Chhath Puja on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi. – file photo
no respect this time
Somnath Ojha, president of Bhojpuri society, told Dainik Bhaskar that the district magistrate and commissioner used to call 50 people of Bhojpuri society and hold meetings while honoring them. This time Bhojpuri society is very unhappy with the attitude of the government. We are not attending Chhath Puja this time. It has also been made clear to the Bharatiya Janata Party that we have not got the responsibility of conducting Chhath Puja. Somnath Ojha said that cleanliness was done in the group. People used to call from house to house and join the cleanliness campaign. They used to clean the banks of the Ghats by installing JCBs. There was a centralized system for the entire Chhath Puja arrangement. Now we are not the people, then an atmosphere of anarchy can prevail.
Somnath Ojha, president of Bhojpuri society, said that the tradition of conducting puja is going on for 25 years.
overrun administration
Ashok Pandey said that Chhath Puja has a grandeur. From Vishwasundari bridge to Bhainsasur Ghat, from the altar to the banks of Varuna and near all the kunds, arrangements are made for milk distribution and worship by the Bhojpuri society. We used to organize the event by generating the funds ourselves. But, we have not been given permission yet. The people of the administration are getting away. It is told from the office of the Police Commissionerate that your file is with the district administration. At the same time, the district administration says that the file is with ADM City. Since, there has been a commissionerate system. They have to look after it.
Due to the flood in the Ganges, a lot of silt has accumulated on the Assi Ghat. It is being cleaned with 6 pumps.
eighty cleaning
Preparations are intensifying at Assi Ghat for Chhath Puja. The flood water has receded 2-3 days back. A lot of silt has accumulated here. All this soil has become marshy. Neither a single place has been identified nor an altar has been built for Chhath Puja. At the moment, the soil is so wet that the altar cannot even be built. The people of the ghat told that cleaning is being done by installing six pumps on eighty. The desilting work will be completed in 2-3 days by the team of Namami Gange.